Trevor Zegras wants Jay Beagle punished for ‘humiliating’ actions

Terry obviously did not want to fight, which is what made Beagle’s actions excessive.

There is some more background to the matter.

Zegras scored a “Michigan goal” earlier in the game that may have upset Beagle.

Zegras didn’t hold back when talking about Beagle after the contest. 

“I get that he’s going to punch [Terry] if he wants, but the fact that he’s down and he’s not engaged in a fight, you’re going to hit him three more times? I think it’s embarrassing. I think he should be embarrassed,” Zegras said of Beagle.

“I’m embarrassed that it even got that far. … That’s a nonsense crosscheck with two minutes left in a 5-0 game. I’m embarrassed for [Beagle] and I think the league should step in and do soemthing about it. … I think it’s embarrassing and a bad look for the league. And for [Beagle], it’s humiliating and I think he should be f—ing punished,” Zegras said.

Zegras makes several fair points about Beagle beating up on Terry after Terry was already going down. The extra punches took it too far and could lead to some discipline. But it’s not like Zegras is completely innocent.

One, Zegras reasons that Beagle shouldn’t be doing that in a 5-0 game. But the big lead didn’t prevent Zegras from poking at the goalie and trying to score to make it 6-0. Then it was Terry who started with Beagle by going after him. Beagle’s actions against Terry went too far, but let’s not forget that Zegras poked the goalie first, and Terry instigated with Beagle too.

The league is likely to discipline Beagle, who has just one goal all season, compared to 31 for Terry. And as we’ve seen, some really don’t like those Michigan goals by the Ducks.